Pebble is shutting down: manton.org

@manton I thought this post was going to be about the watch company. I had no idea there was a social network called Pebble.

@manton It’s a minor point, but I couldn’t understand why T2 couldn’t have a solid name and logo from the start. I think such things count. Something for users, and I suppose investors, to latch on to. The name “Pebble” came late and made me think of the watch. It’s something I found fault in with app.net too, who couldn’t get past calling their social media proof of concept “alpha.”

@acfusco It’s a fair point. I think if they had lasted 5+ years, the Pebble watch would’ve been a distant memory and not an issue. The new Pebble just wasn’t around long enough to get widespread notice.

@joelhamill I like Pebble. Sad to see it go pebble.is/topgold

@manton agree with what everyone is saying here. Just as I got into it, it started to vanish.

@manton I had no idea this existed.

@timapple @manton @pratik @munishp I enjoyed Pebble. Reminded of the Micro.blog feed when it came to niceness. more lively, no blog service, no app.

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@gr36 I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you!

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@gr36 I literally thought it was that other Pebble, which I already thought had shut down.

@joelhamill same but didn’t the watch company shut down a few years ago too?

@mindofaaronw I thought they did. But who knows, maybe they came back and tried again and had to shut down again.

@topgold I was starting to become a fan. I was shocked when I got the notice yesterday to download my data because they are shutting down. Sad to see them go. Of all of the similar apps out there, I got the most engagement on Pebble.

@barefootwisdom I wish a billionaire with a love for social networking had swept Twitter away from Elon because it is going to take years to reset the dynamic I enjoyed there for a decade.

@topgold I know what you mean. It’s my favourite social media platform, but the chaos that has ensued since the new regime, leaves me in doubt. However, I was listening to a spaces conversation yesterday and the host said you have to look at X as a brand new platform and understand it for what it is now and the direction it’s going as a company. That made sense to me.

@barefootwisdom some of my fav teachers are still there but the crosstalk has evaporated. And I get a string of crypto accounts as notifications now– not interested.

@manton Just a reply, testing Bridgy.

@manton ORLY?

@manton Another quick test for Bridgy.

@manton This is wired up now and kind of works like magic. For example, I saw your ORLY reply inside Micro.blog.

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How do I connect MicroBlog to Bridgy, can’t find anything on bird.gy.

(also I get an error when trying to connect Bridgy to Bluesky but that’s another problem).

@staffanlandin.bsky.social You don’t need to connect it to Micro.blog. Just telling Bridgy your domain name hosted on Micro.blog should be enough. Bridgy can then discover how to notify Micro.blog of new replies from that. (Note that it only works for long posts that have a link back to your blog currently… Working on improving that.)